Surname: Erskine Norton (née Smith) Forename(s): Eliza Bland b. 1795. d. 1855. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and playwright. Alternative signature: “The Hon. Mrs. Erskine Norton.” Née Smith.
Sister-in-law to Caroline Norton. Born in Whitehaven, Cumberland. Married twice, Lieutenant-Colonel
the Honourable Esmé Stewart Erskine in 1809 and James Norton in 1819. Lived in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. Author of *The Martyr: A Tragedy* (1848) and *The Gossip: A Collection
of Tales* (1852). Biographical information: *Curran Index*, *At the Circulating Library.
(SP, CC)